The Almazan surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,265 people carried this name — #5,549 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 47,200 people counted. That is up 46% from 4,304 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Almazan surname

From Spanish Almazán, after the town in Soria, Spain, of Arabic origin.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Almazan» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 3,115 people named Almazan live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Jujuy.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Jujuy 873
Buenos Aires Province 724
Mendoza 471
San Juan 236
Salta 209
City of Buenos Aires 101
Río Negro 97
Santa Fe 92

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Almazan in American newspapers,
1929.

Newspaper page from La Gaceta carrying the name Almazan
La Gaceta 1929-09-28
Newspaper page from The Poplar Standard carrying the name Almazan
The Poplar Standard 1929-04-18
Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Almazan
El Tucsonense 1929-04-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,906 pages in all carry the name.

In the public record

People named Almazan,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States150 records

150 records of the Almazan name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 135
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 9
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Andres Almazan

    Born 1911 in Texas. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Sam Houston; construction laborer from Bexar County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1985, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Donaciano Bernal Almazan

    Born 1931; from Garden Grove, California. U.S. Marine Corps; killed in action 1951 in Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Beatriz Almazan

    Born 1909 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Grant County, New Mexico, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 150 records for Almazan in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

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